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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
StsINDLED BY IVES.
The Mineral Range Railway Loses Heav
ly by His Operations.


DETROIT Mich, Aug. 24.-Au Evening
Journal special from Hancock, Mich,
says the Ives party was entirely
eliminated from the Mineral Range
Railway management at the an
nual election of officers. Ives used
S32S, 600 worth OF Mineral Range
bonds and shares and never gave
the company credit for a dollar
oft. He increased the issue of stock
from l2S,0O0 outstanding year ago to
100000 shares. The new management
will repudate the initiation. The pres
ent debt the road is about 81 100000
New YORK, Aug. 24.-The Ives refer
ence case was begun here to-day before
ex-Judge Noah Davis. Henry S. Ives
was placed on the witness stand. He
identified the ledger opened by the
firm April l., 1887, and turned over to
the assignee as being the current
ledger of the firm. He remembered re-
terring to the ledger preceding this one
a short time before the assignment was
made, but could not tell what he
did with it after he was through.
In reply to the referee, Mr.. Ives said he
knew nothing about the books stolen,
when or how they were taken, and that
he possessed no knowledge or informa-
ton rs to the whereabouts Of the books.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
THREIp HER 4 CISrERN.
Assault and Robbery of an Aged Lady
Near Minneapolis.

Assault and Robbery of an Aged Lady
Near Minneapolis.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Aug. Pa bold
outrage at Maple Grove, rs miles from
this city, last evening, has been re-
ported to the police. ID. i. Hitler lives
on a farm near that place with his
mother and his brother, and while
the brothers were absent from the house
at work, two men called at
the house and asked for something
to eat. When they had finished
eating one OF them picked up a poker
and threatened to kill the mother, and
finally dragged her to cistern twelve
feet deep and halffull Of water and threw
her in. Mrs. Hitler clung to the pipe of
the pump until noon, when her sons re-
turned and she was taken out. The
tramps had ransacked the house and
distracted $40 in cash and Fl $50 in GER
titcates of deposit. Mrs. Hitler is SO
years of age, and it is feared the shock
may result fatally.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
4 EGRD UPRISING.
Excitement in Ionoke County. ArkausaE
over Race Quarrel

Excitement in Lonoke County. ArksnsaI
over n Race Quarrel.
Intense excitement prevails in the
Southwestern part of LonOke County,
Ark, over rumOred negro uprising.
The trouble arose over a quarrel between
white man, Clarence Chapman, and
negro named Hunt. Chapman refused
to pay Hunt what he wanted for
some work he had done for Chap
man. A few days ago Hunt
and four other armed negroes
attacked Chapman and he was shot
through the hip. Three of the negroes
were arrested, among them a justice OF
the peace. Since that time bands of
armed negroes have been collecting and
threaten vengeance on the whites. The
sheriff of Lonoke County has organized
formidable posse and has posted
guards every four miles from Clear Lake
to Lonoke, distance of eighteen miles.
II is feared that there will be much
trouble before the difficulty is settled.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
EHgNh III sN 4tCEDENT.
Col. BabcOck's Friends Oppose the Prose
Cution of Miss Dodge.


CHICAGO, H., Aug. 24.-Mrs. Wheeler
said to-day that while she did not as
sumo to be spokeswoman for the rela-
tive5 of Col. Babcock, it was the general
belief among them that the shooting was
purely accidental, and if shown to be
snch it would be cruel to proceed against
Miss Dodge. The colonel was not the
man to hold his peace if he had been
murdered out Of malice" Mrs Wheeler
said; but he knew he was sinking, and
rather than have the story half told
which might have borne too heavily
on Miss Dodge, he preferred to
die silently. We regret bitterly that he
did SO, for We feel that while he was
probably at fault, still he doubtless could
have exonerated himself and Miss
Dodge by telling the whole story. 1t
stands to reason that if she shot
HIM she could not have
done it with intent to kill him; !;
for why, then, did she fasten the band
age around his chest? He told DR.. Me
Mann that he lad fastened it there him
self, but that was impossible, both from
the nature OF the tastenings and the
tightncss of the bandage She did it
herself Well, poor fellow, he is at rest
now, alongside his other"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
NAY BRfNG DISASTER.


n Number OF Western Firms Likely to be
Forced to the Wall.
New YORK, Aug. 26.-The Herald to-
day says it begins to - apparent that
the failure OF Mitchell, Vance & Co..
viii be more disastrous than at first sup
posed. The contingent" liabilities re-
ported were, it will be remembered,
$750O0O. This large sum represents the
paper of firms to whom the concern
was in the habit of selling goods,
and one of the methods resorted
to by the concern to raise money
when 1t began to be badly
pressed for money was to get the paper
OF these customers-whom they had
been supplying with goods on long credit
and selling this paper in the market.
Some Of these firms, which are scattered
through dozen big cities-in the West
principally-will not be able to stand
these heavy losses, and a few of them
will probably be obliged to suspend.
Thomas F. GIlroy. receiver for Mitch
ell, Vance x Co said this afternoon that
from so far rs he had been able to ex-
anime the affairs Of the concern ii ap-
peared that the company would be able
to pay 100 cents on the dollar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
FNSTLTED THE COTRT.
ES-Congressman Gibson, of West V

ES-tOH gresham Gibson, of West vir-
Einia, Goes to Jail for Contempt.
PARRERsBURG, w. Va, Aug. 26.-This
entire congressional district is excited
over the news of the escapade in which
ex-COngressman Eustace Gibson has
just figured. While Gibson was defend
ing a hopeless case in the circuit court
al Huntington he took occasion, so it is
said, to charge that Judge McGinnis was
open to bribery, and that there was no
use trying to get Justice from either the
court or the jury, and while on the
streets of Huntington Gibson is alleg-
ed to have used most foul and
vile language concerning the court, call
ing the Judge opprobrious epithets and
making use of language highly deproga-
tory to hisiudicial partner. As soon as the
court reconvened, Gibson was arraigned
upon charge of contempt. After lis
tenIng to the testimony ola number of a
reputable men, Judge McGinnis fined
Mr.. Gibson so and ordered him sent to
jail for ten days. Efforts are being made
IN ms behalf for a release from custody
but The Judge refused to modify the SEN
tence and the eX-COngressman must
serve out his term in iaiI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
ROOFING OUT AN EVIL.
Georgia to Abolish the Convict Labor
Lease system

Georsia to Abolish the Convict Labor
Lease System.
ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 26. At last the ak
has fallen and the iniquitous convict lease
system Of Georgia will have to 90. By
executive order, signed under great ex-
element, Gov. Gordon has called on the
Iessees of penitentiary companies and
) to show cause why the lease should not
be annulled. These companies are
principally forU3ad of James W. Eng
llsh, VIM. b. Lowe and James w. Smith
Several days ago the Governor re-
celved an anonymous letter signed
'Convicts' which declared that the CON
Victs were being whipped because thew
hade known the existing abuses and
asked that the matter be investigated.
rom the postmark it was ascertained
that the letter came from the camp
under charge Of 6. G. Bingham, on the
Georgia Midland Road. Principal Keep
tr towers at once proceeded there. had
the men called up in lines and stripped of
clothing. The backs Of four men were
found to be cut and bruised in a terrible
manner as though knives had been used
Y open the flesh. Gov. Gordon read
the report with indignation and at once
signed an order dIsmissing Bingham
ALot1t ~IN StINICt III WllCN the state WAS
interested and ordering the solicitor
general to prosecute him for his crimes.
Active steps are being taken to protect
the conylcts from the rage ofthe iessees.
and it Is said that Principal Keeper
lowers took personal charge of camp
No. 2
The suppressed report of Prison Phv-
Stefan NestmOreland, which was made
to Gov. Mcdaniel in 1883, and which the
governor would not allow to be made
public, has been given to the press. 1t
IS shocking recital Of filth and crime
and viii help swell the demand for the
abolition oithe lease system. There is
no doubt as 70 the governors intention
70 declare the lease anuuled owing to
the violation of its provision by the
Iea sees. The lessees are moving heaven
and earth to-day to avert the blow
which is falling upon them, but the Gov
ernor IS determined in his course,
backed by the public opinion of the
state ami indorsed by the personal as
Earances Of members of the legislature.
HE Iade coal mine camp vi hich belongs
& company No. J., owned by GOV.
brown, IS not complained Of, but it Will
nave u share IN the wreck
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
RhFi SAYS Nsf.
-tsfusIng to Assent to Russia's Plan to
Settle the bulgarian Question.

LNAfus1ng to Assent to Russia's Plan to
Settle the Bulgarian Question.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-It is announced to-
day that Turkey has refused to assent to
Russia proposals for coercive action to-
ward Bulgaria, either in the form
of occupation or by sending Ar
tin Ettends with Russian com
missioner to Bulgaria to secure
the election of a new Sobranie
and a new prince. Turkey prefers to
await concerted action by all the powers
parties 10 the Berlin treaty 10 Fastening
a quarrel with the Bujgarians. 1t is the
general opinion Of the leading Euro
pean diplomats that Germany gave her
assent to the Russian proposals for an
Ottoman commission and Russian
general to settle the Bulgarian question,
merely to place herself IN a position 10
be able to prevent Russia from taking
any precipiiated action which might
again set the Balkans ahlaze.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
A DEADLY SCOTRGE.
Hundreds of People Dying in West Vir
ginia of a MNsterinms Disease.


ginia of a Mysterious Disease.
HINTON, w. Va, Aug. 24.-Informa-
ton received here from Mcdowell
County is to the effect that dreadful
state of affairs exists in that portion of
the state and Southwestern Virginia
The drouth has made the waters very
low, and the peculiar disease
which has several times previously
followed this state of affairs, and which
Is supposed to be a result of minerals in
the water, has broken out. In the Dead
Horse Cave neighborhood, there are
over 100 cases, with 30 deaths. Not a
family has escaped. Crops are neglected,
and farm work Is at standstill, it re-
qulring the entire time of every individ-
ual able to labor to care for the sick and
dead. 1t is estimated that POO people
have died in Mcdowell County alone n
the last four weeks from the disease.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
SF'GFIED THE Pf..ts.

4 Newspaper Disarrangss the French
Mobilization scheme.
The Paris Republique Franchise says
the mobilization scheme has been spoiled
in consequence of the Figaro's indis-
Greet and premature publication of the
number of the corps selected. The
Petit Journal says that another corps
will be now chosen for the experiment.
The Nationsl says the inquiry in regard
to the disclosure of the governments
plans for the mobilization experiment
has shown that the information was di-
vulged by an employe of the tOpograph-
ical department IF the war ministry.
The press demands that the culprit be
severely punished.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
G4s WELLS Al 81. P4TI.

Valuable Discoveries Alleged to Have
Been Made at Fort Smelling.
1t is claimed a natural flow of both oil
and gas has been discovered near Fort
Smelling. The find was made some two
weeks ago, and the parties making it
have employed the intervening
time in securing leases on all the land
in the immediate vicinity. 1t is said
that oil comes 10 the surface in such
quantities that it can easily be gathered
in the crude state. There is also a
tissure in the earth from which gas es-
capes and burns brightly and steadily
when ignited. 4 stock company is now
boring for gas at South II Paul 1t has
been stated by experts that there is
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
S4R4H DOUGE HELD.
Verdict of the COroner's jury in the ISa
cock Shooting Case.

Verdict of the COroner's jury in the Bah
cock Shooting Case.
The jury in the Babcock shooting case
after hearing the testimony of Or. Nc
Mann. of Gardner, Marshall Bull Con-
ductor Chase and two or three others, at
Chicago on the 25th, returned the fol-
lowing verdict 1--WE, the jury, find that
the deceased, Walters. BabcOck, came 10
his death on the 2lst dav of August, A. d.
1887, from shock and hemorrhage caused
by a pistol-ball wound in the abdomen.
We, the jury, while we find no direct
testimony to the lacts, still believe from
what testimony we have that said ball
was fired from revolver in the hands
Of woman named Sarah Dodge on the
night of August -, at or near Gardner,
GruLly County, H., and recommend
that the grand jury Of said Grundy
COUNTY more fully investigate this case. -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
SEEING AnERIC4N SIGHTS.
An Indian Prince Arrives In New forb
for IA Innr of the State.

An Indian Prince Arrives In New York
for IA Tour of the State.
New YORK, Aug. 27.-AmOng the pas
sengers on the steamer Adriatic, from
Liverpool, which arrived here to-day,
is His Highness the Thakore Sahib of
Limari, X. c. l. E, travelling incognito
as Sir Jawatsinglijee. K. c. |. F., aC-
companied by T. K. Bridgewater and q
suite. He is the first Indian prince to
cross the Atlantic to visit this country.
His Highness, who spent some time in
England eleven years ago, when he
was a minor and his state managed by
the British government, received an
English education IN India and speaks
English perfectly. He has just come
from England, where he attended the
Jubilee as representative of the princes
of Kattyawar, India, to offer Queen Vic
toria their congratulations. He has
been decorated by the Queen and wears
the order of the Indian Empire, the ju-
bilee medal and the Queens miniature.
The Prince proposes visiting all the
large American cities and places of in
terest but will first of ali leave at once
for Washington to pay his respects to
the President.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
JAPAN Is FNDEPESDEN
Foreign Powers Have No Right to Inter
fere in the Government.

Foreign Powers Have No Right to Inter
tere in the Government.
The Associated Press correspondent
at Toxic, Japan, writing under date of
Aug. 4, says: The conference for the
revision of treaties has been adjourned
for an indefinite period. 1t is said that
negotiations have been greatly embar-
rassed by the demand Of the treaty
powers with reference to the new codes
of law for Japan. These de-
mands appear to nave amounted
in certain cases to the as
syrti0n of right to participate in the do
mestic relations of Japan. 1t has been
suthoritstively stated that the present
decision Of the Japanese cabinet 10 tenn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
FS 4 FLOODED NINE.
Three Hundred Miners Have "A Narrow
Escape from Drowning.

Hret Huhdred NJ ners HaVe A NarrOW
Escape from Drowning.
NILKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 26.-1hree
hundred men employed in the Susque-
hanna Coal Companv's No. I slope at
Nanticoke had a narrow ascape with
their lives. They were in the lowest
vein, when a great volume of water
stored in the upper veins broke through
into the gangway where the men
were at work. BY the aid of
electric alarms, the men all through the
mine were made aware of the danger,
and mad rusL was made for the open
ings. All succeeded in making their es-
cape, but many older men and Young
boys were knocked down and trampled
upon Ninety mules peTl~heA. The
loRs TO the company viii be considerable
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
FEARS OF A FAMINE
Floods Leave Carolina Rice Planters in
Destitute Condition.

Destitute Condition.
COLUMBIA, 5. c., Aug. 23.-It Is proba-
bic that the loss on the rice crop will
exceed by 100000 the estimate made
two weeks ago, Discouraging news con
tinues to come in from the flooded dis
triCts in Lower Carolina along the Santee
and Savannah Rivers There is a very
serious question now before the rice
planters. 1t is what disposition is to be
made of the negroes on their plantations
until the first of next year. There is no
way for them to earn living. In the
meantime they will have to be supplied
with food. Many plaHtersare unable to
do this, as they have been ruined by the
freshet and it viii be necessary for the
people of the state TO contribute to their
support. If nothing is done for these
negroes during the next four months
they viii starve. The loss of the rice
field laborer means the abandonment
of river plantations and the destruction
of property worth hundreds of thou
sands pf dollars
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
HATTLE WITH BANDITS.
Band of Mexican smuggIers Routed
by Customs Officers.

Band of Mexican smuGglers Routed
by Customs Officers.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 25.-In the
mountains near San Carlos, a party Of
thirty bandits, under one MaurianO Re
sender, were overtaken after chase of
fifteen miles, and routed by a force Of
customs police and troops under
Senores Felix Tames and Joaquin G..
Castillo and Capt. Romero, of the Fifth
Mexican Cavalry, The fight was quite a
lively one and resulted in the capture Of
ten mules and horses laden with snug
gled goods. The extradition of Resen-
dez as smuggler is asked for, but as
smuggling is not one of the offenses in
dIcated in the extradition treaty be-
tween the United States and the Mexi-
can republic, it Is almost certain that
such a request will not meet with favor
q .ie consideration.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
PEGhED UP At SIT.

The Missing Passengers or the Montreal
Arrive safely at Falmouth.
IoNDoN, Aug. 24.-The City of Mon
treal's missing boat has been picked up
and the seven passengers and six mem
bers Of the crew who were in it are safe
and well. The rescue was made bv a
German vessel named the MathiIde
which arrived at Falmouth to-day with
the thirteen survivors on board
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
DECIDE NOT TO STRIKE.
Reading Railway Employees AbRnde
Their Proposed right.

Their Proposed Fight.
TAMAQUE, Pa, Aug. 24.-To-day II
looks as though the proposed strike of
Will not take place. The executive com
mittee held a long consultation with
General Master Workman Powderly.
He said the questions in dis
pute were not thoroughly
Understood, and strike at this
time might probably result in the Grip
pling Of the order. GAS matters now
stand, ," he said, you will not only have
to fight the railroad company, but pub
lie opinion, the newspapers, and the
United States courts, which is sufficient
to crush the life out 0. the finest organ
izatiOn in the world -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
COLLAPsING THE CORNER.
Tho San Francisco Wheat Clique Unable
to Put Up Margins.

SAN FaANCISCo, Cal, Aug. 27.-The
announcement was made at ll:30 this
morning that Dresbach & Rosenfeld, the
bull operators in wheat, could not keep
their agreement to accept all wheat
rendered them and the call board at
once adjourned without any sales being
effected This is accepted az COM
plete collapse OF the wheat ring, but
what effect il will have on the street is
not known,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
MN F4GHr rrsE E4,y.

New York Hotel Men Likely 10 Oppose
the Eire Escape Measure.
New YORK. AUG 25.-Nayor Hewitt
il determined to enforce the provisions
Of the ire escape law passed by the
LEGISLATURE last winter. He has in
structcd the corporation counsel to pros
ecute every hotel keeper who has
talled to place q rope long enough to
reach the ground in each room Of his
house. As none of the New York hotels
have complied with the law, big fight
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
WIZ cOuE 10 AluERIc4.

jew. Ordered tn Leave Certain Portions
ofthe Don Cossack District.
In consequence of the annexation Of
TaganrOg and ROstOff to the Don Cossack
district, the Jews residing in those places
have been ordered TO depart for other
parts Of the empire. Many Of them will
emigrste 10 America,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03

Another Attempt Made to Kill the RuI-
er of Russia.
1t is reported in Berlin that a fresh
attempt to kill the czar was made on the
20th inst. a Nihilist, disguised as an OF
tcer Of the guards, approached the i'm
perial carriage on a journey from st.
Petersburg to hrasnoeselo and fired a
revolver twice. The first shot missed
the Czar, but the second perfora ted his
coat. The czarina has since been suffer,
lng from nervous prOstratIOn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
TALES or HORROR.
Starvation and Cauuibalism Among the
PeonIe of sriIIsh America.

People of British America.
MIENEAroLI-. Mimi, Aug PA
Journal Winnipeg special Of to-day
says letters from Frazier and Stewart,
dated Fort Chippewyan, July 5. state
that they reached that point after many
hardships Forest fires have been
numerous and destructive. DestitutiOn
at Fort Chippewyan last winter was ter
rible and several cases Of cannibalism
are reported. One old woman at Little
Red River admits having killed and eat
en- her whole family. Starvation and
cannibilism are also reported from Mac
sr,zTe pIvar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
A uTyIsTER IN TROTRLE.
Serious Accusation Against a New Jsrse
Pastor.

y
Pastor.
ELIZABETH, \. j., Aug. 26.-The biggest
sanlation here in Years j. caused nv a
scandal coupling the name Of Miss Julia
Foot, prominent society lady and a
SUNDAY school teacher, with that Of the
Rev. OTIS A GlazebrOok, rector Of st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Three boys
state that the parties were seen in an
old cemetery in a compromising posi-
ton. Mr.. GlazebroOk says he and Miss
Foot we're at the place named but denies
the est of the story. He demands an
iDypsfig4t tiOu
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
TAKING A LONG REST.
A Chicago Man Who is Winding HI
Own Business.

Own Business.
CHICAGO, H. Aug. 27.-Edward T.
Woodruff, a book-keeper about 40 years
old, put two bullets into hIs own body
this morning at his boarding house, 4Os
Chestnut Street. Woodruff left
several letters, one Of which was
addressed to the reporters. In
this he said: "NobOdy's business
except my own. Give me rest. The
other was to the secretary Of the orient
al Consistorv. In the suicides pocket
was found 1888. .68. and he directed that
this be expended in burying him in
New YORK
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
TOLEDO.

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